ESPN Cutting Nearly $100 Million In On-Air Talent
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Sources: ESPN Poised to Potentially Lay Off Hundreds
Round 3 of layoffs coming as I expected. If the Disney parks were having to do layoffs in order to save money, then eventually was going to have to as well.
A lot of those talents took a 3-4 month paycut to help save their job and will still lose it in the end. If I already took one paycut to help save money, then I'd be rather hesitant to do it again which they will supposedly ask some talents to do. I'd point them right in the direction of Michelle Beadle as she's still getting paid $5 million a year to do nothing
Unfortunately though , there isn't anywhere else to go right now so they will likely have no other choice but to go along with it.
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The man just got a new contract this year so I doubt that happens. You don't think he's actually smart?
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No you can tell he is, but there's a difference between being the smartest man in the room and acting like you're the smartest man in the room
Getting a new contract doesn't necessarily make you immune from getting laid off. Actually during the last round of layoffs, some of those personalities had recently signed new deals 1-2 years prior and/or still had years left on their deal. That's actually why you haven't seen Jaws since he got laid off.
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Bomani keeps getting extensions...I'm sure he wouldn't really mind if he did get laid off because they just paid him so he'd be getting free money to pursue a better situation. Jemele Hill got paid to go away and she's doing even more now than she did at ESPN.
Unfortunately for a lot of people in the sports world that has/will be laid off, there isn't a better situation out there right now as everyone is and will be doing job cuts. The money lost from COVID-19 is money that these companies won't be able to get back and no clear direction of when things will be back to normal. Disney just doesn't have the cash flowing in right now and I'm sure those Marvel TV shows aren't cheap to produce for what they are charging for Disney +.
I sense a price hike coming earlier than they initially planned. All of these subscription services are going to end up with a price hike to help offset COVID losses.
Jemele's doing more now than she did at ESPN, but I'm pretty sure she's making less money overall. She knew it when she made the decision to leave and was totally okay with it or else she would have stayed. She had options that a lot of other sports personalities don't have.
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Don’t know about the ratings for Key and Jay ... they just are sorely , sorely unpolished . And it becomes glaringly evident as the hours roll along. It’d be ok if they were entertaining ... but they’re NOT ENTERTAINING EITHER
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The question no one ever asks in our country.
Yates is somehow cornier than Bo though.
They will end up having to take a paycut as well. They are at the mercy of Disney and whatever they say to do. I’d be rather pissed though if they come asking to do another paycut after the 3-4 month pay they already had to give up earlier this year.
The worst part about it is that none of them can say no to it as there’s no where else to go at the same rate of pay right now.
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As soon as he starts talking it’s like I want someone to hold up that Academe Award “Wrap it Up” sign and shut his mic off
Wait that Key and Jay show is 4 hours long?